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Sorry, this is kind of off topic, but why the hell is such a simple website 7MB? I instinctively dont trust companies that cant even deploy a simple website. Th

by kart23 7y ago

Sorry, this is kind of off topic, but why the hell is such a simple website 7MB? I instinctively dont trust companies that cant even deploy a simple website. The massive background image doesnt even look right on mobile, its scaled to fill.

bruceb 7y ago
funny you say that, it was behaving a bit weird on FF desktop for me.
TylerE 7y ago
It's way worse than that. It's served 25.9MB to me. They are using ginormous background images, and loading multiples. 8000x4000 jpgs. 32 fuckign megapixels. For a background image.
- bschwindHN 7y ago
  I had it even worse: https://imgur.com/XctFp8c.png https://imgur.com/XctFp8c.png 32.6 MB And I have to agree with the OP, simple things like this instantly drive away my trust that they know what they're doing.
  - andrewstuart 7y ago
    >>> simple things like this instantly drive away my trust that they know what they're doing It inspires me with confidence that they are focused only on things that get them launched.
    - TylerE 7y ago
      That works great until it doesn’t? What else have they ignored that is going to bite them in the ass?
    - quickthrower2 7y ago
      Bounce rates and load times are important if you want people to try the product.
    - bschwindHN 7y ago
      Yeah okay, forget first impressions. It's such a basic thing, who knows what else they've screwed up.
WrtCdEvrydy 7y ago
Sorry about this, but we haven't figured out how to scale images to different dimensions, so get in a car with one of our drivers who we didn't background check and is probably drunk.
- JamesAdir 7y ago
  "Do things that don't scale" Paul Graham
  - WrtCdEvrydy 7y ago
    > things that don't scale > drunk driving You're not wrong.
andrewstuart 7y ago
They're trying to get to market. The team is probably the founder and his little brother and the cat helping out when it can although its paws slip off the keys on the keyboard. They have more important things to do although I do concede it's a pretty big glitch. They'll get around to making it awesome.
ec109685 7y ago
Not secure either…
hazz99 7y ago
This is really not the important thing here. The hard part is going to market and carving out a niche for yourself (not to mention the endless customer validation and following synthesis), especially in a crowded and rapidly commoditising market like this. Spending a long time on your site in the early stages is a completely irresponsible and wasteful use of time, when you can be developing or outside validating.

by kart23 7y ago

bruceb 7y ago

funny you say that, it was behaving a bit weird on FF desktop for me.

TylerE 7y ago

It's way worse than that. It's served 25.9MB to me. They are using ginormous background images, and loading multiples. 8000x4000 jpgs. 32 fuckign megapixels. For a background image.

bschwindHN 7y ago
I had it even worse: https://imgur.com/XctFp8c.png https://imgur.com/XctFp8c.png 32.6 MB And I have to agree with the OP, simple things like this instantly drive away my trust that they know what they're doing.
- andrewstuart 7y ago
  >>> simple things like this instantly drive away my trust that they know what they're doing It inspires me with confidence that they are focused only on things that get them launched.
  - TylerE 7y ago
    That works great until it doesn’t? What else have they ignored that is going to bite them in the ass?
  - quickthrower2 7y ago
    Bounce rates and load times are important if you want people to try the product.
  - bschwindHN 7y ago
    Yeah okay, forget first impressions. It's such a basic thing, who knows what else they've screwed up.

WrtCdEvrydy 7y ago

Sorry about this, but we haven't figured out how to scale images to different dimensions, so get in a car with one of our drivers who we didn't background check and is probably drunk.

JamesAdir 7y ago
"Do things that don't scale" Paul Graham
- WrtCdEvrydy 7y ago
  > things that don't scale > drunk driving You're not wrong.

andrewstuart 7y ago

They're trying to get to market. The team is probably the founder and his little brother and the cat helping out when it can although its paws slip off the keys on the keyboard. They have more important things to do although I do concede it's a pretty big glitch. They'll get around to making it awesome.

ec109685 7y ago

Not secure either…

hazz99 7y ago

This is really not the important thing here. The hard part is going to market and carving out a niche for yourself (not to mention the endless customer validation and following synthesis), especially in a crowded and rapidly commoditising market like this. Spending a long time on your site in the early stages is a completely irresponsible and wasteful use of time, when you can be developing or outside validating.